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...horrible, a crazy attack," she said last week. "It reminds me of socialism of the 1970s and '80s." These controversies do not appear to have lost pis its core support in rural Poland. There, unemployment and poverty levels are higher than in the cities, and many are ready to blame free-market reforms for their woes. Though the Kaczynskis' personal approval ratings have fallen, new elections today would provide the same result as six months ago, pollsters say. But neither has the government gained support; Poles still largely support the E.U., for example. "There is no groundswell of dissatisfaction," argues...
...case of Lieut. General Greg Newbold, TIME magazine (see TIME.com)--to break months of silence and call for Rumsfeld's head. That in turn has rekindled the debate about whether the Iraqi invasion was ill-conceived in the first place, and, if so, who is to blame. President George W. Bush issued a defiant defense of his Pentagon boss--if not the larger enterprise itself--from Camp David, where he went to spend Easter: "Secretary Rumsfeld's energetic and steady leadership is exactly what is needed at this critical period. He has my full support and deepest appreciation." General Richard...
...Opus Dei might be limited. Some might even feel hostile toward it: church liberals, once riding high, have understood for decades that Rome does not incline their way. They feel abandoned, says Allen, "and whenever you feel that way, there's a natural desire to find someone to blame...
...with youth on the streets, non-functioning schools, social violence rising with unemployment and insecurity, and absence of effective law enforcement). After a while, the Hamas-led government might collapse. But by that point, the Palestinians will already be in a socio-economic hell—and they will blame their torturous descent not on their government but on the international community that punished them for making a democratic choice. ELIZABETH M. PRICE ’95 San Francisco, Calif. April...
...editors: In her column, “Stripper Ergo...Rape?” (Apr. 12), Ashton R. Lattimore makes a commendable effort to address the disturbing cultural tendency to “explain” the crime and blame the rape victim. But the Duke lacrosse situation is not, thus far, a Jane Doe case. Lattimore’s concern—that the media firestorm has played a major role in discrediting the alleged victim, an exotic dancer—has been substantially outweighed by the thorough vilification of the ostensibly rich, white, privileged team members and the elitist...